Coles County vs Macoupin County

A side-by-side comparison of Coles County and Macoupin County: population, income, housing, and more.

Coles County and Macoupin County are counties in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Coles County has the higher population (46,689 vs 44,566 in Macoupin County). Macoupin County has the higher median household income ($68,518 vs $56,040 in Coles County). Macoupin County has the higher median home value ($126,100 vs $121,900 in Coles County).

Population, income & housing

	Coles County	Macoupin County
Population	46,689	44,566
Median age	38.2 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,040	$68,518
Median home value	$121,900	$126,100
Median gross rent	$793	$789
Housing units	22,717	21,108
Homeownership rate	60.4%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coles County	Macoupin County
Population	51,353 → 46,689 (-9.1%)	45,463 → 44,566 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$46,202 → $56,040 (+21.3%)	$55,159 → $68,518 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$100,500 → $121,900 (+21.3%)	$100,600 → $126,100 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $793 (+13.8%)	$701 → $789 (+12.6%)

Coles County

Population

51,35346,689

Median household income

$46,202$56,040

Median home value

$100,500$121,900

Median gross rent

$697$793

Macoupin County

Population

45,46344,566

Median household income

$55,159$68,518

Median home value

$100,600$126,100

Median gross rent

$701$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coles County	Macoupin County
Under 5	5.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	16.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.5%
75 and over	7.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coles County	Macoupin County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	94.3%
Black or African American	3.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coles County	Macoupin County
No high school diploma	8.5%	9.2%
High school graduate	30.7%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coles County	Macoupin County
Drove alone	76.6%	83.8%
Carpooled	9.5%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	5.3%	2.5%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.2%	7.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coles County	Macoupin County
1-unit, detached	67.9%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	2.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Coles County	Macoupin County
Poverty rate	18.4%	14.4%
Average household size	2.12	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1970	1966